The Macho Penal Economy: Mass Incarceration in the United States - A European Perspective

Punishment & Society

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 61-80

  Downes, David ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

comparative penal policy; Europe; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993775963     PISSN: 14624745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14624740122228258     Document Type: Article

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